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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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New South Wales Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 July 1898 · page 4

A STEEL barque, of 700 tons net register, under the Norwegian flag, the Viking, on Sunday arrived here from Tasmania for a cargo of New South Wales wheat. The Viking has a capacity of over…

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The Wheat Market. London, July 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 July 1898 · page 4

At Mark Lane the price of wheat is 1s per quarter lower for the week…

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Sheep Directors

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 July 1898 · page 2

A MEETING of the above Bord, under the Diseases in Sheep Acts, was held at the Stock Office, Young, on the 16th inst. Present: Messrs. E. J. Allen (chairman)…

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Wheat Growing

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 3

Mr GREENE, ex-M.P. is the owner of Iandra Station, near Young. Before he took the station two other gentlemen had been ruined by it. Now Mr Greene has nearly 19,000…

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The Wheat Market. London, July 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 4

At Mark Lane English wheat is 1s per quarter cheaper, and foreign wheat is 6d per quarter lower…

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Book Farming. Herbert J. Rumsey, Barber's Creek, New South Wales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 August 1898 · page 4

A WRITER lately in the public press sneeringly alludes to book farming in the same article that he is presumably trying to put forth a little hook farming on his own…

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Mortality Among Cattle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 4

Melbourne, Wednesday.—Heavy mortality among cattle is reported from Camperdown. A mob of 125 young animals belonging to J. N Macarthur, after running in a paddock with but little grass, were…

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The Wool Trade. a Boycott Instituted. Disturbing Elements

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 3

SOME disturbing elements which have entered into the wool trade during the past few weeks reached a climax on Wednesday, when there was something like an attempt upon a…

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Notes From the Farmers Market

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 2

THE great electioneering excitement over it is true, but there is still ideal of that commodity permeating the systems of the good housewives of our town, for they have found out that, the…

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Wheat in Riverina

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 August 1898 · page 4

Albury, Sunday.—Reports from out-districts state that there has been a splendid growth in the crops during the past fortnight, and that in many cases sheep have been turned in on them to check…

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Pastoral Property Auction

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 August 1898 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A fairly large gathering of gentlemen interested in station property came together at Scott's Hotel this afternoon to attend the sale of Telernon…

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Butter Prizes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 August 1898 · page 4

LAST month a notification appeared to the effect that the Minister for Agriculture had approved of State prizes being offered with a view to improving the quality of butter made in the colony. It has…

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The Coming Wheat Harvest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 August 1898 · page 4

It is known that a vastly increased area of land is this year under wheat in New South Wales, and a considerable surplus is anticipated, with a consequent prospect of…

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The Leiter Wheat Corner. London, Aug. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 August 1898 · page 4

It is reported that the loss to Mr. Leiter, owing to his unsuccessful attempt to corner the wheat market, stated some time ago to be 750,000 dollars, is now put down at £1,300,000 sterling…

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Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 2

MR. H. B. CARTER, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne reports as follows, August 10th. The market remains, locally, as dull [?] last week these being very limited off[?]…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 5

AFTER an interval of about a month the local wool sales wore resumed on Wednesday, a number of small catalogues, aggregating 2334 bales in all, being submitted. Of these, and inclusive of private…

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A Supposed Baby Farm. Discovery of Three Bodies

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 August 1898 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a search warrant win executed on premises in Dyer-street, West Perth. On the back yard being dug up, the body of a newly-born child was discovered. It…

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A Supposed Baby Farm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 August 1898 · page 4

PERTH, Friday.—Yesterday afternoon a search warrant was executed on premises in Dyer-street, West Perth. On the back yard being dug up, the body of a newly-born child was discovered. It was…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 17 August 1898 · page 2

THE annual conference of the New South Wales Farmers' and Settlers' Association is to be opened in Bathurst on Tuesday next. The questions to be considered are:—1…

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The Wheat Market. London, Aug. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 August 1898 · page 4

The wheat market is slow. During the week it has become 6d to Is cheaper per quarter…

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